The hardest welding job I ever did.

[DABSGT]

I have a good friend that I work with, his attitude is "nothing is that bad that it couldn't be worse". I guess your experience that day prove the point. Paul thanks for sharing, your kindness will one day be rewarded. We all find ourselves caught up in our ever day situations when a small act of kindness as this changes our outlook. A small thing to most but a big thing for him.

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[4shorts]

I have a good friend that I work with, his attitude is "nothing is that bad that it couldn't be worse". I guess your experience that day prove the point. Paul thanks for sharing, your kindness will one day be rewarded. We all find ourselves caught up in our ever day situations when a small act of kindness as this changes our outlook. A small thing to most but a big thing for him.

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Your friend is wise. I'm tired of seeing people turning a blind eye to other people's problems. Sometimes just spending a few minutes with someone will make all the difference in the world to them. We all need to stop, think and consider what the other guy is going through and act accordingly.
Thanks for commenting.

 

[skylarkguy]

As a newbie to welding it tend to lurk on this subject more than post. The story of your experience woke me up before dawn today thinking about it. It must be very hard to be that fellow faced with inevitable and impending death to go about his day. Most times those conditions mainly elicit pity and perhaps fear. You did the guy a service by just focusing on the task at hand. Perhaps brought him good memories as he watched you put down a good bead. I also start thinking about the conversations i would like to have with my dad who is in his mid 70's before too long.

On a much much lighter note. Is that boat in the post a Munson Landing craft?...sweet ride regardless!

 

[skylarkguy]

As a newbie to welding it tend to lurk on this subject more than post. The story of your experience woke me up before dawn today thinking about it. It must be very hard to be that fellow faced with inevitable and impending death to go about his day. Most times those conditions mainly elicit pity and perhaps fear. You did the guy a service by just focusing on the task at hand. Perhaps brought him good memories as he watched you put down a good bead. I also start thinking about the conversations i would like to have with my dad who is in his mid 70's before too long.

On a much much lighter note. Is that boat in the post a Munson Landing craft?...sweet ride regardless!

 

[mbrule]

Thanks for posting, kind of choked me up a bit....

Reminded me of one of the most important things my maternal Grandmother ever said, I don't remember the exact words, but the gist was, no matter how bad you think you have it here is always someone worse off.

She said this laying in Hospice days before her 92nd birthday, after a couple of strokes, lots of Cancer with open sores, outliving two of her children and having had a hard life! She lived just long enough to see 92, and was a truly wonderful woman.

Thanks for posting

 

[4shorts]

As a newbie to welding it tend to lurk on this subject more than post. The story of your experience woke me up before dawn today thinking about it. It must be very hard to be that fellow faced with inevitable and impending death to go about his day. Most times those conditions mainly elicit pity and perhaps fear. You did the guy a service by just focusing on the task at hand. Perhaps brought him good memories as he watched you put down a good bead. I also start thinking about the conversations i would like to have with my dad who is in his mid 70's before too long.

On a much much lighter note. Is that boat in the post a Munson Landing craft?...sweet ride regardless!

I'm happy to hear you got something out of my experience. I'll be honest and say I did pity the poor guy but more than pity I felt I had to help him complete his mission. After it was done and he had left is when it really hit me. I momentarily fell to pieces. My wife got the biggest shock because the guy was only gone for five minutes when she returned and seen me in the state I was in.
Sit down with your dad, spend as much time as you can with him because when he's gone you'll have no regrets. The boat sure looks like a landing craft. It's used for oil environmental cleanup.

Thanks for posting, kind of choked me up a bit....

Reminded me of one of the most important things my maternal Grandmother ever said, I don't remember the exact words, but the gist was, no matter how bad you think you have it here is always someone worse off.

She said this laying in Hospice days before her 92nd birthday, after a couple of strokes, lots of Cancer with open sores, outliving two of her children and having had a hard life! She lived just long enough to see 92, and was a truly wonderful woman.

Thanks for posting

Your Grandmother sounded like a great woman and thank you for sharing your story. I pondered about posting this but after reading everyone's comments I'm glad I did. I hope it makes all of us realize just how fragile life is and that things can go south in a split second. If there's someone really important in your life be sure to tell them how you feel before you run out of time to do so.
Thank you for posting.

 

[ericdube]

That was a very moving story. I can't even imagine how you must have felt when he told you his story, and I'm sure it was a very humbling experience for you.

I'm just really glad to hear that you were at least able to help him out despite his terrible situation. Thanks for sharing, and it's a great reminder of how fragile life can be.

 

[4shorts]

That was a very moving story. I can't even imagine how you must have felt when he told you his story, and I'm sure it was a very humbling experience for you.

I'm just really glad to hear that you were at least able to help him out despite his terrible situation. Thanks for sharing, and it's a great reminder of how fragile life can be.

Thanks Eric. I hope I never experience anything like that again. This one shook me to the core. Even my wife says it's changed me but to the good. I tend not to complain about the small stuff so much these days. Even if we live to be of an older age life is still to short.

On a lighter note. A bunch of us were in the shop the other day talking about dying and being buried. The conversation then went to what we would want on our headstones.
I started to think as the conversation went on then someone asked me what I'd have on my headstone. I told them that I've always enjoyed working on and playing pinball games so on my headstone I'd like it to say "Tilt, Game Over" :laughing:

 

[sixdogs]

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...went on then someone asked me what I'd have on my headstone. I told them that I've always enjoyed working on and playing pinball games so on my headstone I'd like it to say "Tilt, Game Over" :laughing:

I would like mine to say "Boy was he old" and underneath "Healthy too"

 

[4shorts]

I would like mine to say "Boy was he old" and underneath "Healthy too"

:laughing: Good one.

My other headstone choice was " I told you I was sick" :laughing:

 

[Steve_Miller]

Thanks for sharing Paul, I don't get on here much lately so I'm a little behind in my reading. Take this episode as a another lesson in life, they are all good in a way to help you somewhere down the road deal with lifes obstacles. I'm responding because I have softened considerably over the past severals years, it must come with age. I've had my share lately as well and i'm learning to dwell on the good more than the bad to help move forward in life. Keep up the great work and posts.

Steve

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...0121-unthinkable-has-happened-our-family.html

 

[Kubota Tee]

Paul,

Been traveling a bit for work, so just catching up on your post here. Given your generous spirit (as displayed regularly here on TBN), I don't believe that your experience was just a coincidence. Call it fate, faith, providence, karma or whatever you want - that man was destined to come by your shop and not even a torn up driveway and 600' walk was going to sway him! Thanks for sharing this experience and reminding all of us that we all have the ability to touch someone's life in a positive way if we only stay open to the opportunities.

In regards to your comment on still figuring out why you're here (on this earth), I'm sure that many of us could chime in on how you've had a positive influence on us. Keep doing what you do.

God Bless,

Thomas

 

[PhysAssist]

Thanks guys. I appreciate it but I really only wanted to tell the story to show us that there are others out there with far more serious problems than a lot of us have and I got to see that first hand with this situation. I was upset because my business was basically shut down for three days due to the road work then to have a guy walk the 600 feet up to my shop in that condition was jaw dropping. Anyone of us here would have done the same thing and I truly believe that but from now on when I start to complain to myself I'll reflect back to this experience.

Hi Paul,

Thanks for the fresh perspective and reminder that no matter how bad a problem seems subjectively, objectively, someone else somewhere is dealing with a significantly harder problem.

God bless him, and you and yours,
Thomas

 

[4shorts]

Thanks for sharing Paul, I don't get on here much lately so I'm a little behind in my reading. Take this episode as a another lesson in life, they are all good in a way to help you somewhere down the road deal with lifes obstacles. I'm responding because I have softened considerably over the past severals years, it must come with age. I've had my share lately as well and i'm learning to dwell on the good more than the bad to help move forward in life. Keep up the great work and posts.

Steve

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...0121-unthinkable-has-happened-our-family.html

Thanks Steve. I'm much like you I guess. It could be age related but it could be we are getting a little wiser. Either way my friend it's a good thing no matter how it happened.
Thanks for commenting. Great to hear your perspective on this sort of thing.

Paul,

Been traveling a bit for work, so just catching up on your post here. Given your generous spirit (as displayed regularly here on TBN), I don't believe that your experience was just a coincidence. Call it fate, faith, providence, karma or whatever you want - that man was destined to come by your shop and not even a torn up driveway and 600' walk was going to sway him! Thanks for sharing this experience and reminding all of us that we all have the ability to touch someone's life in a positive way if we only stay open to the opportunities.

In regards to your comment on still figuring out why you're here (on this earth), I'm sure that many of us could chime in on how you've had a positive influence on us. Keep doing what you do.

God Bless,

Thomas

I figured you were busy. I haven't seen any mods from you lately. I don't mind traveling as long as I'm home in the evening

Thank you for your perspective on this topic and I really appreciate your kind words. I guess everything happens for a reason and maybe in time it will become clearer but then again it might not have anything to do with me but more for the gentleman that needed my help. Either way it worked out for him and that's all that really matters. Don't forget about my offer. If you need my help send a pm and we'll make it happen.
Great hearing from you my friend. :thumbsup:

Hi Paul,

Thanks for the fresh perspective and reminder that no matter how bad a problem seems subjectively, objectively, someone else somewhere is dealing with a significantly harder problem.

God bless him, and you and yours,
Thomas

Thank you sir. I'm so happy that others such as yourself got something out of this. I'm to the point now that when I see someone in a bad mood I just say to myself " Maybe they got troubles no one knows about". It's a rapidly changing world but we have to remember that we all need to put more effort in caring about others.
Thanks for posting.

 

[Pit Man]

Military Hand Salute to you Paul.
I'll remember your post for a long time. My Father passed away last month of cancer , and hopefully you brought this wonderful man peace in his life. Thank You.

 

[4shorts]

Military Hand Salute to you Paul.
I'll remember your post for a long time. My Father passed away last month of cancer , and hopefully you brought this wonderful man peace in his life. Thank You.

Thanks man. So sorry to hear about your loss. It's never easy. From my family to yours please accept our sincerest deepest condolences.